no numeric evaluation of ln(1) after replacing in ln(r/a) by r=a
Subject: no numeric evaluation of ln(1) after replacing in ln(r/a) by r=a
From: alberich
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:39 +0100
Hello,
I couldn't find how to further simplify w in the example below. I'd
expect a result like w_1+c_2*r_a^2+c_1 but not
w_1+ln(1)*c_4*r_a^2+c_2*r_a^2+ln(1)*c_3+c_1
(%i2) w: c_1+c_2*r^2+c_3*ln(r/r_a)+c_4*r^2*ln(r/r_a)+w_1;
(%i45) w;
2 r r 2
(%o45) w_1 + c_4 r ln(---) + c_3 ln(---) + c_2 r + c_1
r_a r_a
(%i46) ev(w,numer,r=r_a);
2 2
(%o46) w_1 + ln(1) c_4 r_a + c_2 r_a + ln(1) c_3 + c_1
(%i47)
Thanks for your help
Alain